| Reference Type |
chapter
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| Title |
Back of Beyond: Discovering Australian Film and Television, October 20 - November 20, 1988 |
| Chapter/Web article title |
Formative Landscapes |
| Author(s) | Ross Gibson |
| Editor(s) | Scott Murray |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
00-00-1988 |
| Page Number |
21-33 |
| Comments |
Ross Gibson's critique of the 'landscape tradition' in Australian cinema is particularly concise and a very constructive read!
In this chapter Gibson, attempts to determine why film-makers, audiences and critics in Australia have been 'under the spell of some spirit of the land'. He poses questions which seek to examine the cinematic rendition of landscape and its direct relation to culture in general. His speculative answers revolve around myths of 'belonging' and the alienation and fragmentation of a culture still 'wet behind the ears' so to speak.
Overall, a chapter which comes highly recommended especially if required for use in examination of post-colonialism in Australian cinema.
The films featured in this article are discussed in a detailed manner which seeks to establish trends in representation of landscape. Gibson details these trends in terms of those films which comply with the conventions of the 'landscape tradition' and those films which attempt to subvert or adapt those conventions. This shift is reflective in popular discourse which in turn becomes evident in audience response, film financing policy and the general conditions of production relevant to the Australian film industry until 1988.
Please note: Three chapters of this book have been published in modified form in Cinema Papers, No.76, November 1989. 'Kennedy Miller, Cross-Over and Collaboration' by Debi Enker is featured on pp14-22 and 'Terry Hayes, Interweaving the Fabric' by Scott Murray is featured on pp25-29, 76. In addition, 'John Duigan, Awakening the Dormant' by Scott Murray is featured on pp31-35, 77.
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| Synopsis |
This chapter is an analysis of the 'landscape tradition' in Australian cinema. This involves the notion of landscape as leitmotif, character and all-pervading presence in Australian cinema.
This book was published to coincide with the Australian Bicentennial (1988), and features an interview with George Miller and Terry Hayes by Scott Murray and an analysis of Kennedy Miller as institution by Debi Enker.
This particular chapter features stills from 'Back of Beyond' (production), 'Mad Max', Mad Max 2', 'A Personal History of the Australian Surf: Being the Confessions of a Straight Poofter', 'The Tale of Ruby Rose' and 'Backlash'. |
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